Minister for New Caledonia (in Paris) 21 May 1985 - 15 Nov 1985 Edgard
Pisani
(s.a.)
PS ¹Except 9 Jul 1941 - Jul 1943 when Charles de
Gaulle named Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (b. 1889 - d. 1964) as High Commissioner, while in Dec
1941 the Vichy government named Jean Decoux (b. 1884 -
d. 1963) to the post (who in fact was only responsible
for Wallis and Futuna which was the only Pacific
territory not to have rallied to the Free French at that
time). The function of high commissioner in the Pacific
Ocean was used to coordinate the governors of New
Caledonia and of the French Settlements in Oceania and
the governors-general of French Indochina. Moreover the
resident commissioners of the New Hebrides and the
residents of Wallis and Futuna were subordinated to him.

Territorial Dispute: Matthew and
Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by
France and Vanuatu.